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North Korea names another new armed forces minister
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced the hardline general who headed its armed forces ministry, in a further reshuffling of the top brass by young leader Kim Jong-un. General Jang Jong-nam was named "minister of the People's Armed Forces" by...Tags: North Korea, Armed Forces, Kim Jong Un
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North Korea's former poet laureate to publish memoir in English
Rider Publishing, a Random House imprint, acquired world rights to "Crossing the Border," the memoirs of former North Korean State Poet Laureate Jang Jin-sung, the Guardian reports. In 2004, unable to reconcile his privileged position with the suffering...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, Poetry, BBC
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Trapped in South Korea, veteran spies still believe in the North
ReutersBy Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Park Hee-sung, a 78-year-old North Korean former agent who has been held in the enemy South for close to half a century, remains staunchly loyal to his homeland, the ruling Kim family and its Juche ideology of...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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The Pyongyang power couple behind dynastic dictator Kim
Reuters* Young leader's aunt is daughter of N.Korea's founder * Leader's uncle Jang was close to Kim Jong-il * Couple believed to control ruling party's finances * Couple seen trying to cement power amid military purges By Jack Kim SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters)...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Alcohol Addiction, North Korea, Park Geun-hye
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Ex-President Carter at Lafayette College: U.S. failing to promote peace
The United States must open a dialogue with North Korea to obtain peace with its communist regime, former President Jimmy Carter said Monday at Lafayette College. "I can tell you that what North Koreans want is a peace treaty with the United States,"...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Korean War (1950-1953), Wars and Interventions, Lafayette College
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators.... -
China to send North Korea envoy to Washington
ReutersBEIJING, April 19 (Reuters) - China will send its special envoy on North Korea to the United States next week for talks on maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Wu Dawei will also discuss...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Beijing (China)
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Young leader pushes back harder than ever
— How provocative has the United States been to North Korea? For almost two months, the United States and South Korea have had more than 200,000 ground troops, tanks, helicopters, fighter-bombers, strategic bombers, submarines and destroyers...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, North Korea, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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North Korea demands end to U.N. sanctions before talks
North Korea insisted Thursday that the U.S. and South Korea must scrap United Nations sanctions and put an end to joint military drills before any talks on its nuclear arsenal can begin. The U.S. and South Korea have said the burden is on Pyongyang to...
Tags: Pervez Musharraf, Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations
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North Korea, marking leader's birthday, shows more ire
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, John Kerry, North Korea
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After weeks of North Korean fury, calm on key holiday
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader Monday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery language that has kept the international community fearful that a missile...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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North Korea marks founder's birthday with flowers, not missiles
BEIJING -- North Korea celebrated the 101th anniversary of its founder's birth Monday with flowers and dancing instead of missiles, raising hopes that the regime may be climbing down from the furious rhetoric of recent weeks. Even the fire-breathing...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, North Korea, Beijing (China)
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